2019-2020学年湘潭市湘潭县凤凰中学高三英语期中考试试卷及答案解析

2019-2020学年湘潭市湘潭县凤凰中学高三英语期中考试试卷及答案
解析
第一部分阅读（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项
A
Four Truly Unique Canadian Camping Experiences
Mount Robson Provincial Park,British Columbia
Named after the highest mountain in the Canadian Rockies, this park gives you breathtaking views of mountain landscapes along with lakes, waterfalls, canyons, and caves. The Berg Lake campground is located right at the northern base of the 3, 954-meter peak (山巅), which is about a day's hike in.
Fundy National Park,New Brunswick
If you've grown tired of the tent or RV, this park is one of the few national parks offering yurt (蒙古包) rentals. Make sure you visit theBay of Fundywhere the world's highest tides make for some great surfing. You also can't miss the amazing Acadian forest waterfall. If you're looking for even more entertainment, the park also hostsmusic and cultural festivals each summer and has its own golf course.
KluaneNational Parkand ReserveYukon
From May to September, theKathleenLakecampground sees visitors come from far and wide to camp, hike and fish. Mountaineering is especially popular as Kluane is home to 17 of Canada's 20 highest peaks. Flightseeing over the park's glaciers and rafting (漂流) the winding Alsek River will also keep you out enjoying the wilderness.
Prince Edward Island National Park,Prince Edward Island
If you're looking for a family-friendly park, this one is wonderful. Between the seven beaches and more than 50 kilometersof hiking and cycling trails, you'll certainly be kept busy. Literature lovers, you can see what inspired L.M. Montgomery'sAnne of Green Gables at the nearby Green Gables Heritage Place and even explore the original house.
1. Where is the park offering yurt rentals located?
A. InBritish Columbia.
B. InNew Brunswick.
C. InYukon.
D. InPrince Edward Island.
2. What can you do inKluaneNational Parkand Reserve?
A. Climb the highest mountain inCanada.
B. Experience the highest tides.
C. Raft the windingAlsekRiver.
D. Attend music and cultural festivals.
3. Which will you choose if you are a fan of Anne of Green Gables?
A.Mount RobsonProvincialPark.
B. Fundy National Park.
C.KluaneNational Parkand Reserve.
D.Prince Edward IslandNational Park.
B
Medha Gupta sometimes felt worried about making the 20-minute walk from the corner where the school bus dropped her off to her home in Herndon -especially during the colder months in winter.
Her mother, Divya Gupta had a suggestion: write an app. Shewas half-kidding,but Medha didn't take the challenge lightly. So she set out to work.
The result was Safe Travel, an app designed by Medha to help walkers feel more secure when travelling alone. Using the iPhone, a person can program it to send a warning to someone he or she trusts if he or she fails to arrive at a destination within a certain time.
It was the first iOS app that Medha had created. While she didn't think much would come from the project, her effort caught the eye of judges for the annual Congressional App. Challenge, who selected her as the winner for Virginia's 10th District.
The App Challenge is designed to encourage students to consider careers in science, technology, engineering, and math by experimenting with coding and computer science. Winning students are invited lo attend a reception on Capitol Hill in April and also received $250 in Amazon Web Service credits.
Medha said it took her about 40 hours to design, program and test the app. As for her next app? Medha's not certain. She temporarily has her app-development ambitionson holdbecause she's busy teaching herself artificial intelligence to help deal with improper words on Facebook. Yes,she knows that there are teams of engineers probably doing the same thing. But she figures it can't hurt her own part, too.
“If we see something wrong with the world, we should do something about it,” she said. “After all, the only one stopping us from doing something is ourselves. ”
4. Why did Medha Gupta feel worried?
A. It took a long time to walk home.
B. It was difficult to write an app.
C. It was colder than ever in winter.
D. It was unsafe to walk home alone.
5. What is Medha's attitude to her mother's challenge?
A. Serious.
B. Casual.
C. Uncertain.
D. Indifferent.
6. What does the underlined phrase “on hold” in Paragraph 6 mean?
A. Developed.
B. Delayed.
C. Achieved.
D. Satisfied.
7. What's the main idea of the text?
A. Medha signed up for the App Challenge.
B. Medha designed Safe Travel successfully.
C. An app Safe Travel guides walkers home.
D. The App Challenge directs students to choose careers.
C
There are similarities and differences between high school life and college life.
For one thing, there are several similarities between high school life and collegelife. First, the most important task in high school and college is both studying. Studying is the most important as a student. Second, we need a goal to fight for in both high school life and college life. To lead a meaningful life, we have to set up a goal to achieve.
For another, there are also some differences between high school life and college life. First, our studying is also the biggest difference. In high school, we are required to follow our teachers' steps and finish theirassignmentsevery day. While in college, there are no teachers giving such detailed requirements to us and we can choose study or not according to our own willing. What and how to study totally depends on us. Therefore, the ability of self-control is very important in college life. Second, the flexibility (灵活性) of time is another difference. In high school, we have no much leisure except for our time of study. However, in college, we have much controlled by ourselves except the time of classes. And we have more time to do what we like. Finally, college lifeis much more various and richer. Besides study, we can attend many other activities, which make our college life more wonderful.
In brief, there are both similarities and differences between high school life and college life. However, no matter we are in which period, we need to make full use of every day so that we will never feel regretful.
8. Why do students need a goal to fight in high school and college?
A. To enter a good college.
B. To avoid living a meaningless life.
C. To develop the ability of control.
D. To meet their parents’ satisfaction.
9. What does the underlined word “assignments” in paragraph 3 probably mean?
A. Projects.
B. Tasks.
C. Goals.
D. Dreams.
10. Which is the correct structure of the passage?
A. ①-②③-④
B. ①②-③-④
C. ①-②③④
D.
①②-③④
11. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A. College Life
B. High School Life
C. High School and College
D. High School Life and College Life
D
When a fire broke out in my home in the middle of the night, I knew I'd do anything I could to save my family. The medicine that I take for my rheumatoid arthritis causes me to wake up inthe middle of the night with a dry mouth. January 15, 2016, was no different. I, Indiana, US, awoke at 2:30am needing water.
I was walking back upstairs from the kitchen when I heard my bulldog , Rock. Whatever Rock was doing down there, it made enough noise for me to go to him. By the time I made it to the bottom of the stairs, he was running up, and he never came up the stairs, no matter what. I think that was his way of telling me, "We've got to go back up. "When I got to the top of the stairs, I turned around and saw a light on, but I didn't remember leaving one on. I walked downstairs again, and that's when I saw fire. I immediately shouted to my wife to wake up and get our three kids. I grabbed a knife and cut out the plastic that covered the window to the porch roof. I then pried open the window and kicked out the screen. I started screaming for help. But help never came. I got everybody out on the roof and threw a blanket out there so we wouldn't slip off. It was cold, January cold. Then I started screaming for help. But help never came.
Now, I'm scared of heights and have physical issues, what with my rheumatoid arthritis, but I couldn't let my family burn up. So I jumped off the roof. I didn't scoot to the edge; I just jumped and got the wind knocked out of me when I landed. I found our ladder, placed it against the house, and climbed back up to the roof. I wrapped my arms around my daughter and carried my nine - month - old with my teeth, by his little sleeper. Then I climbed down the ladder. Once on the ground, I had my little girl hold her brother, and I went back up to the roof to get my other daughter. Then I went back up again and got my wife. I tried to get my dog, but he just disappeared in the black smoke. I never saw him alive again,
I'm no hero. I'm just an ordinary person who'd help anybody. This happened to be the time when I helped my own family. I live to protect my family. Just likeRock—he lived to protect us.
12. What made the author wake up at 2:30am?
A. My dog's barking
B. The medicine's effect
C. A burning fire
D. A noise downstairs
13. How did Rock tell the author the danger downstairs?
A. He turned on a light downstairs.
B. He ran to the author's room upstairs.
C. He kept barking and running up to stairs.
D. He made some noise at the bottom of the stairs.
14. What did the author do after his family all stood on the roof?
A. He placed a blanket to keep warm.
B. He started screaming for help.
C. He jumped off the roof.
D. He broke open the window and kicked out the screen
15. Which ofthe following best describe the author?
A. Courageous and responsible
B. Caring and selfish
C. Loyal and brave
D. Strong and considerate
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

选项中有两项为多余选项
Food is part of who we are. It’s part of our habits and cultures. Sadly, we love food, but we don’t take care of it.____16____. Here are ways to help us love our food better and grow respectthe world behind what we eat. Reduce your food waste.
Buy only the food you need, learn to love ugly fruits and vegetables, store food wisely, donate excess and turn leftover food into the next day’s meals. When we waste food, all the resources used for growing, processing, transporting and marketing that food are wasted too.____17____.
Support your local food producers.
Chefs get awards, stars and recognition for their creations. But what about our farmers,____18____. Aren’t farmers the real heroes? Shop at your local markets and get to know your farmers.
Giving them your business is giving them your recognition and respect.
Adopt a healthier, more sustainable diet.
____19____. We get our energy and maintain our health from good food. We normally don’t pay attention to the power that food and nutrition have over our bodies. We need to respect that food is fuel. Too much of it, or too much of only one kind of it, can lead to obesity or diet-related diseases.
____20____.
By treating each meal with pride, we respect the farmers who produced it, the resources that went into it and the people who go without. Respect can be passed on. Talk to the people around you and to the next generation about making informed, healthy and sustainable food choices.
A. Have a conversation
B. Learn where food comes from
C. Our bodies run off of calories and nutrients
D. For many people on the planet, food is a given
E. Food is so much more than what is on our plates
F. About one third of all food produced globally is lost or wasted
G. Without them, we wouldn’t have the fresh food we need on a daily basis
第二部分语言运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项In American culture, you may find some very sensitive topics that require you to think again before you put them forward. They are as follows:
Age. It is a very sensitive___21___to many Americans. In this culture, the thought of growing older is a painful one and most of us, if___22___, would like to have nothing to do with it. So many Americans work hard to___23___a youthful appearance. The last thing they want to be asked is the unthinkable, “How old are you exactly?”
This question may result in a(an)___24___like: “How old do you think I am?” Anyhow, if you are___25___to know someone’s age, first you estimate（估计）their age by their___26___. Then you take ten years away from that estimation. With a big___27___, that person will probably say, “Thanks, but I am a few years older than that.”
Weight. This is one of the most sensitive subjects. InAmerica, it is ___28___to be thin but it is a huge___29___to be overweight. In any American fashion magazines, you’ll notice most are nothing more than skin and bones.
Income. You should never ever ask how___30___someone’s___31___is. However, it’s perfectly ___32___to ask about their job title and what they do for a living. This information should give you some idea.
Matters of the Heart. This is a tricky（难处理的）one. Some people cannot wait to___33___their hearts out to you. Then there are those who make sure their___34___business stays behind closed doors. The general___35___is not to get too personal. You don’t want others to think that you are___36___their lives.___37___, try not to ask too many questions until you have a(an)___38___with this person.
Anyhow, it's difficult to always___39___an embarrassing conversation. So, be sensible,___40___your mouth and try not to open a can of worms（虫子）.
21. A. solution B. subject C. access D. approach
22. A. not B. possible C. ever D. necessary
23. A. make B. change C. decorate D. keep
24. A. reply B. consequence C. description D. explanation
25. A. likely B. eager C. afraid D. nervous
26. A. dress B. skin C. appearance D. accent
27. A. smile B. surprise C. prize D. gift
28. A. easy B. terrible C. desirable D. absurd
29. A. accident B. event C. excitement D. embarrassment
30. A. many B. much C. littie D. few
31. A. salary B. height C. weight D. age
32. A. awesome B. suitable C. foolish D. typical
33. A. pour B. cut C. mark D. test
34. A. rich B. foreign C. personal D. public
35. A. aspect B. rule C. idea D. concept
36. A. referring to B. contributing to C. looking into D. changing into
37. A. Somehow B. Besides C. Indeed D. However
38. A. appointment B. quarrel C. discussion D. friendship
39. A. avoid B. begin C. produce D. stop
40. A. ignore B. take C. watch D. notice
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式
Researchers from China's 32nd scientific expedition(考察)to the Antarctic discovered a 1 ,000 kilometre-long canyon under___41.___Antarctic ice sheet. It is now the largest known canyon(峡谷) on the earth's surface. Discovered near the Princess Elizabeth Land, the canyon is over 1,000 kilometres in___42.___(long) and 1 ,500 metres in depth. The maximum width at the top of the canyon is 26. 5 kilometres. This is the first time that any large canyon___43.___(find) in the region.
According to data___44.___( collect) on the site, Chinese scientists have made three major scientific discoveries
there, said Sun Bo, vice director of China's 32nd Antarctic expedition team.
The first big discovery is the___45.___( world) largest canyon, which was beneath an Antarctic ice sheet near the Princess Elizabeth Land.
The second big discovery is___46.___there are numerous subglacial lakes and subglacial water channels, also beneath the Antarctic ice sheet. These lakes and bodies of water are interconnected. The width of one of the___47.___(lake) reaches 26.5 kilometres. This discovery will play an important role___48.___future research. The third key finding is that the temperature of deep ice in Princess Elizabeth Land is___49.___(clear) higher than in other regions, which makes it easier for ice to melt,___50.___( mean) that lakes and other water systems form more easily.
第四部分写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节短文改错（满分10分）
51.假定英语课上老师要求同学们交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。

错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写上该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。

注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

My bicycle went wrong again. Tired with repairing it again and again, I decide to buy a new one. After school, I went to a shop locating in the center of the city with a friend called Jack.
The black bicycle attracted my eyes as soon as we went into the store. It looked such cool that I could hardly wait to ride it. The shopkeeper told us that it was the lately bicycle. He wanted to charge me 800 yuan, that was too expensive for me. I just couldn’t afford for such an expensive one. Then I chose another one, which cost him only 200 yuan. It was not perfect, and it was much better than the old one.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是育才中学的学生李华，你校英籍教师Ms. Wilson很喜欢中国文化，特别是丝绸。

你推荐并邀请她参观市丝绸博物馆，请你给她写封邮件，内容包括：
1.博物馆地点；
2.博物馆开放时间；
3.博物馆简介。

注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Ms. Wilson,
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Looking forward to your early response.
Yours,
Li Hua
参考答案
1. B
2. C
3. D
4. D
5. A
6. B
7. B
8. B 9. B 10. A 11. D
12. B 13. C 14. B 15. A
16. F 17. E 18. G 19. C 20. A
21. B 22. B 23. D 24. A 25. B 26. C 27. A 28. C 29. D 30. B 31. A 32.
B 33. A 34.
C 35. B 36. C 37. B 38.
D 39. A 40. C
41. an 42. length
43. has been found
44. collected
45. world’s
46. that 47. lakes
48. in 49. clearly
50. meaning
51.(1). with→of
(2). decide→decided
(3). locating→located
(4). The→A
(5). such→so
(6). lately→latest
(7). was前that→which
(8). 去掉afford后的for
(9). him→me
(10). and→but
52.略。